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Australian spy HQ plans stolen by Chinese hackers: report

August 24, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Chinese hackers have stolen the blueprints of a new multi-million-dollar Australian spy headquarters as part of a growing wave of cyber attacks against business and military targets...

Chill breeze of politics stills Australian renewables

August 24, 2021 at 3:37 p.m.

BUNGENDORE, Australia (Reuters) - On a line of low hills standing sentinel beside a dry lake bed near Australia's capital, giant turbines turning slowly in a chill winter breeze give...

High costs, currency push Ford out of Australia car manufacturing

August 24, 2021 at 3:18 p.m.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will shut its two Australian auto plants in October 2016, blaming a strong currency and costs that are hitting manufacturers just as the country...

Assange appoints WikiLeaks Party campaign director for Australian Senate bid

August 24, 2021 at 6:55 a.m.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nine months, has appointed a high-profile opponent of Britain's monarchy to run his campaign for...

Assange appoints WikiLeaks Party campaign director for Australian Senate bid

August 24, 2021 at 6:53 a.m.

Australia’s Labor roiled by resignations after failed leadership coup

August 24, 2021 at 6:21 a.m.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard faced a string of ministerial resignations on Friday in the wake of a botched leadership coup against her, forcing a reshuffle of...

Australian lawmakers confident in F-35’s future

August 24, 2021 at 5:08 a.m.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's conservative opposition, which is expected to win elections in September, said on Thursday it supported Lockheed Martin's troubled F-35 to be the country's next frontline warplane,...

Australian lawmakers confident in F-35’s future

August 24, 2021 at 5:05 a.m.

Israel publishes some details as Australian spy mystery deepens

August 24, 2021 at 4:15 a.m.

JERUSALEM/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Israel broke its official silence on Wednesday over the reported suicide in jail of an Australian immigrant recruited to its spy service Mossad, giving limited details about...

Australia blocks North Koreans’ visit over nuclear test

August 24, 2021 at 4:15 a.m.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has blocked a visit by North Korean diplomats seeking to reopen an embassy in Canberra because of the reclusive state's nuclear test this week, Foreign Minister...

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